Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- A sheen near a W&T Offshore Inc.
platform in the Gulf of Mexico is being investigated after a
fire on the platform.

The fire is out and the entire plant has been shut in, Dave
Smith, a Washington-based spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of
Safety and Environmental Enforcement, said by e-mail. The agency
is investigating the sheen, which measures 600 yards by a half-mile, he said.

The platform is at Ship Shoal Block 223, about 40 miles
south of Louisiana, he said. The agency received reports of the
fire at about 11:30 a.m. New York time.

“It appears to have been a minor situation that is now
under control,” Lisa Elliott, a spokeswoman for the company who
works for Houston-based Dennard Rupp Gray & Lascar LLC, said by
e-mail. “The fire is out and the injuries were very minor.”